Civil Wedding Reading

For Civil ceremony wedding, you don’t necessarily have to have a reading as part of a civil ceremony, but most couples usually include at least one.

The only rule is that your reading can contain no religious or spiritual references at a civil ceremony and you must make sure you have had your chosen reading approved by your registrar.

If you haven’t chosen your readings yet, check out the extracts below for inspiration

1. A lovely Story by Edward Monkton
2. A Love knot by Frances Nagle
3. A Dream by Robert C.O.Benjamin (1855 - 1900)
4. Always Marry An April Girl by Ogden Nash
5. Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her by Christopher Brennan
6. He never leaves the seat up Author Unknow
7. I Carry you heart with me By Edward Estlin Cummings
8. I love you by Roy Croft
9. I promise by Dorothy R.Colgan
10. I will be here by Steven Curtis Chapman
11. Marriage Fulfills the Dreams and Love Two People Share by Glenda Wilm
12. May be Author Unknown
13. On Marriage by Kahil Gibran
14. On your wedding day (poem) Author Unknown
15. Our Great Adventure by Pamela Dugdale
16. She walks in beauty by Lord Byron
17. To Be One With Each Other by Geirge Eliot
18. The Art Of A Good Marriage by Wilfred Arlan Peterson
19. The Colour Of My Love by David Foster and Arthur Janov
20. The key to love  Author Unknown
21. True love (poem) Author Unknown
22. What is love? Author Unknown
23. Yes, I'll marry your (poem) Pam Ayres